How to get an Xbox One Controller to work with Google Earth Flight Simulator

Are you so bored that you decide that you want to play the Google Earth flight simulator but find out that the keyboard controls are horrible so you grab your Xbox One controller and it doesn’t work, well I have some good news for you.

It turns out that Google Earth already supports Xbox 360 controllers and the newer versions of Windows 10 have some backward compatibility built in for ‘games’ that are only compatible with Xbox 360 controllers and not the One, but if you aren’t running Windows 10 here’s a little workaround.

Download xbox_one.ini

  1. Go to the installation directory of Google Earth (‘C:\Program Files\Google\Google Earth’ or ‘Google Earth Pro’)
  2. Then go into these folders: ‘client\res\flightsim\controller’, You should now be in ‘C:\Program Files\Google\Google Earth\client\res\flightsim\controller’
  3. Download the file above and paste it in that directory
  4. Done!

Thanks for reading!
Steve.


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potato Jul 11, 2023

but how do i know that this is safe

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Steve-Tech Jul 11, 2023

Hi, there isn't any 'external' code being run, it's just an ini configuration file that sets the definitions for devices with 'XBOX ONE' in the name. You can have a look if you like, the file isn't obfuscated in any way; or alternatively you could modify the xbox 360 config that comes with Google Earth to match mine.

However if you still don't trust me, then you're well within your rights to just not follow the guide. It's already four years old so chances are Google Earth probably has it built in by now.

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Christian Pauls May 31, 2024

This worked wonderfully. Thanks Steve

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james Jul 7, 2024

how do i conrtol it

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jet Jul 7, 2024

it not work

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